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Curious about what other bartenders and servers are saying about their places? Read our most recent bar and restaurant reviews below.

Sep 12, 2016

Atlanta, GA - Rí Rá Irish Pub

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Used to be great, they ran everyone off however. Management on site is OK, however it's run by a clueless gm who's not even in the state. Upper management is also out of state. So basically a corporate hell hole run by absentee owners. Caters to drunk frat kids and guys in slacks in their late 20s.

Sep 12, 2016

Atlanta, GA - Marlow's Tavern

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Possibly the best run bar I've ever worked at, and I've been around awhile. Management is on top of their stuff, and actually helpful. Staff is mostly pro, training is excellent. People actually help each other. Customers are all great, and even upper management and the culture of the place are excellent. There's a reason they are opening everywhere.

Sep 12, 2016

Atlanta, GA - The Nook on Piedmont Park

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Staff is like family, used to have a great time working at this bar. Small, personal, and lots of regulars. They go through management like crazy though, and word is the latest gm is killing the vibe here. Still it's hard to keep a good bar down, and this place has location, and good ownership, should be a great spot for years even through bouts of reinventing itself.

Sep 12, 2016

Lititz, PA - JoBoy's Brew Pub

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I went for an interview at another place because this place was cutting my hours for no reason and when I got out of my interview joboys new schedule came out and I wasn't even on it...just don't do it to yourself...

Sep 12, 2016

Hapeville, GA - Irish Bred Pub

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Airport bar

Sep 12, 2016

Berkeley, CA - Gaumenkitzel Restaurant

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Please do yourself a favor and run far away from this place! The owners are tyrants who regularly berate employees and who create a very unpleasant working atmosphere. After less than three years open, only ONE original employee remained (both BOH and FOH) -- that should tell you how bad things are. BOH - The owner has a constant rotation of new chefs coming through, trying to find herself help. In the years that I worked with, they'd come in and never stay; they are never "good enough" or the owner/chef would micromanage and belittle and drive them away. Don't waste your time, you'll never get the job and if you do, you'll want to quit right away.

Sep 11, 2016

Tampa, FL - edison: food+drink lab

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I worked at Edison Food + Drink Lab for two weeks four years ago. I'd like to think of myself as a very patient person but two weeks was the longest I could hold out as a cook there. The menu changes daily but sometimes the changes aren't set until right before or right when service starts so you've spent a few hours getting your station ready to find out you have the wrong prep set up and you have to scramble to get everything done for service. I've worked in a lot of fine dining and with quite a few chefs since I've left there and have never worked in a place that's made me so miserable or with a chef just so awful. She came in every day when service started to yell at all the managers (I heard one night "it's not good enough! You're not good enough!") and would freak out over the smallest details. I should've seen it as a red flag during my interview when she talked about herself the entire time and was too eager to hire me. For someone that gets so heated about the details, too, she really had no hands in the prep process. We were simply told the menu changes and were expected to prep things off the top of our heads. The kitchen staff was ok but severely lacking in hygiene. I know it's a small kitchen but never once in my two weeks there did I see anyone else wash their hands or wear gloves (gloves weren't readily available either). The day before i decided not to come back, I found out that the chefs had been pulling the other cooks aside to make sure no one was bad-mouthing the business or telling me how high their turnover rate was. When I worked there, Edison had only been open less than a year and over a dozen cooks had already left, none of them working through a two weeks notice. I've been in the industry 8 years now and I still consider this the worst place I've ever worked.

Sep 11, 2016

Wheeling, IL - Spears Bourbon Burgers Beer

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Owner [name removed] is horrible. Has no business in the restaurant industry.

Sep 11, 2016

Charleston, SC - Outback Steakhouse

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Horrible tips, worse management. Only work there if it's your first serving job and you don't care about money

Sep 11, 2016

Moncks Corner, SC - Tail Race Tavern

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Lot of fun, can make a lot of money. Management treats you with respect and actually seems to care about you